Throughout its seasons, Stranger Things hints at a rich history, starting with the town of Hawkins’ origins in the 1800s and continuing through the 1970s – the time when characters like Eleven were born. The trailer for season 5 starts to reveal some of this backstory, especially concerning Vecna, the show’s central villain.
Even though Halloween has passed, the spooky season often extends a bit longer, so let’s look at one last great horror story. This will be the perfect conclusion to our month of exploring chilling tales, including previously discussed works, and will cap things off nicely with the collaboration between Scott Snyder and Stephen King.
Despite its intense and graphic violence, especially towards the end, Midsommar was a hit with both critics and audiences. Before the film came out, there was debate about whether it would receive an NC-17 or R rating, with the filmmakers hoping for the more lenient R rating to ensure wider viewership. For over five years, Midsommar‘s shocking imagery and extreme scenes have been a benchmark in horror. Now, with the release of Bugonia, director Yorgos Lanthimos seems poised to once again unsettle and disturb audiences, as he’s known for doing.
Season 3 marks the first time the Visions series has continued storylines from previous episodes. Three of the nine new episodes build upon the tales told in “The Duel,” “The Village Bride,” and “The Ninth Jedi” from season 1. Like earlier seasons, reviews for season 3 have been very positive.
Mark Wahlberg is staying busy and will soon star in and produce an American remake of the Norwegian thriller Headhunters. Screen Daily reports the film will be an Apple Original Film, marking another collaboration between Wahlberg and the studio after Family Plan 2.
After the original series concluded, Showtime approved several spin-off shows, but two were canceled after just one season. Other planned spin-offs, like one centered around John Lithgow’s character, the Trinity Killer, were also scrapped, while some are still being developed. With so many shows expanding the Dexter universe, here’s a guide to watching them all, listed by release date and in chronological order.
The new series, presented as a drama about a good-hearted U.S. Marshal, deliberately avoids the complex characters that made a previous FX show successful. In the third episode, titled “Country as F*ck,” the Marshal demonstrates to a visiting agent that the people in his town are more valuable than criminals or outsiders. He only agrees to help her after she reveals her pursuit of a prisoner named Havlock is driven by personal reasons. As they track Havlock and uncover his motives, other escaped convicts cause trouble while attempting to flee the harsh wilderness. These events, combined with previous storylines, reinforce a common and often troubling television trope: that law enforcement deserve to survive, while criminals should not.
With the conclusion of Squid Game season 3 and the upcoming final season of Stranger Things, Netflix is facing a shift in its most popular content. While shows like Wednesday are still performing well, a gap will soon emerge. However, after this weekend, Netflix might be ready to introduce a new leading franchise and re-establish its position as a top streaming service.
According to Netflix’s daily list of the top 10 movies in the U.S., Premonition has climbed to number 10. It joins other popular Netflix titles like Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers (at number 1), A House of Dynamite (number 2), KPop Demon Hunters (number 3), The Perfect Neighbor (number 7), and Ballad of a Small Player (number 9) on the chart.
By the late 60s, it felt like people were getting a little tired of the same old Western stories and wanted something new. But even though tastes were changing, filmmakers who loved Westerns kept that spirit alive in interesting ways. For example, John Carpenter basically did a modern remake of Rio Bravo with Assault on Precinct 13, and George Lucas famously drew a ton of inspiration from The Searchers when he was creating Star Wars! It was cool to see those classic Western themes show up in totally different kinds of movies.